Current best practice for WordPress plugin developers is to load javascript in the footer as this allows the page content to appear sooner for the visitor. I implemented this feature in Slickr Flickr 1.25 however a few users had problems so I have introduced a more flexible solution where you can now choose whether or […]

Slideshows and galleries can look a little inelegant if you mix photos of different orientations: i.e. they contain a mix of portrait (3×4) and landscape (4×3) photos. The new restrict parameter aims to get around this problem by filtering out photos that do not match the restriction. In the current release; only a single restriction […]

This tutorial is for Slickr Flickr Pro Edition users who can customize the highlight color for the gallery using the “thumbnail_border” parameter of the slickr-flickr command. Non Pro users can achieve the same effect by modifying the CSS. Terminology Note: the highlight color lights up the border of each thumbnail as you move you mouse […]

Slickr Flickr now supports paged galleries. This allows you to select a page of photos that are not necessarily the latest photos. The parameters to use are called “per_page” and “page” which refer to the number of entries per page and and the page number respectively. For example, to get photos 41 through 60 from […]

This tutorial is an example of a how to display more than 50 photos in a photoset. This feature is only available in the Slickr Flickr Pro Edition from version 1.22 onwards. Without the Pro edition you can still display up to 50 photos from a photoset if you enter your API key or just […]

The new release of Slickr Flickr has an option to use the new Galleria 1.2 which has a number of enhancements such as a carousel and skins. The full set of Galleria 1.2 features documentation gives you instructions on how take full control of the many new image sizing, transitions and layouts. In the next […]

Slickr Flickr slideshows now automatically resize themselves in the space provided and are better at handling sets of photos with a mix of landscape and portrait orientation images. No fiddling with CSS is required Flickr Video Tutorial for Customizing the Slideshow Size For the purposes of this tutorial I will split the main content section […]

Flickr Group Pool Photo Search By Tag The tutorial shows you how to search group pool photos on Flickr using a tag. You may want to use this feature when you a running a Flickr Group and want to be fetch a selection of photos based on the tag. For tagging to be manageable I […]

Flickr Photo Search By Date The tutorial shows you how to search for photos on Flickr based using a date range and a selection of either the date the photo was taken, or the date the photo was uploaded to Flickr. The date taken is useful where you have a camera that is configured with […]

Coming soon in Slickr Flickr 1.22 Flickr License Types The tutorial shows you how to search for photos on Flickr based on one or more of seven licenses. The first license is the most restrictive and the last license has no restrictions at all. This feature is particularly useful when you want to use other […]

In this example I will use two new features of Slickr Flickr 1.14 that allow more than 20 photos to be displayed from a Fiickr Group api_key (entered in Slickr Flickr Admin Settings) search = “group” (added as new attribute) Go to Slickr Admin Settings and enter and Save your Slickr Flickr API Key View […]

This tutorial is about using a Flickr Slideshow to promote an affiliate product. In the example I’m using the Slickr Flickr WordPress Plugin to prepare a slideshow featuring the Canon Powershot A1100 Camera. The steps involved are Take photos of the product Upload the photos to Flickr and tag them Write a product review on […]

Here are the instructions to how to make a gallery or slideshow that uses more than one tag. This is done by using the tagmode attribute. There are two possible options: tagmode=”all” – only selects photos that have all the tags you specify tagmode=”any” – selects photos that have any of the tags you specify […]

The video below walks you through the process step by step Here are the instructions to create a Flickr gallery that features another photographer’s work. It will demonstrate three new features of the Slickr-Flickr WordPress Plugin attribution – credit the photographer flickr_link=”on” – link back to the photo on Flickr descriptions=”on” – show descriptions of […]

For more videos to get the most from your Flickr photos check out Slickr Flickr Slideshow and Gallery Video Tutorials Here are the instructions to add a Flickr slideshow to a WordPress sidebar widget: Upload your photos to Flickr and tag them Login in as an administrator on your wordpress site Click on Appearance and […]

How to Set Up The Plugin Defaults If you don’t want to specify all the settings for every slideshow or gallery you can set up some defaults as follows: Go to the “Settings” section, and choose “Slickr Flickr” Enter your Flickr Id (the id of the form [email protected]) Fetch and save your Flickr API Key […]

The supplied CSS settings for the Flickr Slideshow work fine on a normally sized site with a content areas of at least 550px and a sidebar of at least 240px. However, you do have the ability to control fonts, sizes, styles, margin and paddings by overriding the settings in the Slickr Flickr CSS file. The […]

The default CSS settings in Slickr Flickr galleries work fine on a normally sized site with a white background. But did you know you do have the ability to alter fonts, sizes, styles, margin and paddings by amending the stylesheet elements? The default style is defined in a CSS file, slickr-flickr.css, and is located in […]

Creating a Flickr Slideshow with clickable images is very useful where you want to take the visitor to a specific page location if they click the slideshow. You might want to do this if the slideshow: features your own product and the click takes the visitor to the product page features an affiliate product and […]